Egg separator



May 20, 1930. H. KRAMER El AL sea VSEPARA'I'OR O 1 m m n F m H m.

Patented May 20, 1930 v UNITED" STATES iaa'riirrr OFFICE- HEINRICH KRAMER, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN-HEDDERHEII, AND AIIFONBI VAN ROSSUM, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN-ESCHEBSHEIM, GERMANY nee snrnnn'ron Our invention relates to a separator for ,raw eggs, and the essential features wherein the invention resides comprise a preferably conical container provided with discharge openings andaconical funnel engaging the openings from the inside, the funnel being re- .moved from the container to separate the white of the egg from the yolk after the egg has been found to be good.

Two forms of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the egg separator with the funnel removed therefrom; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section like Fig. 1 with the funnel inserted in the, container; Fig. 3, a top View of the funnel; Fig. 4, a top View of the' container; and Fig. 5,"a side view of a modification with the funnel articulated 2 to the handle of the container and swung out of thelatter. V Referring to the'drawing, 1 is a preferably conical. container provided with a handle 2 to facilitate handling, and3'is a nose, the handle 2 'and the nose 3 serving for arranging the container 1 over the opening of a vessel. On its conical circumference the container 1 is provided with a plurality of discharge openings 5, 6 which preferably have a T-shaped cross section and serve for distainer 1 after its separation from the egg yolk. The sharp corners a. and b at the juncproximately horizontal portions of the dischar e openings serve to pierce the thin skin whie funnel 8, which is fitted with-the handle 9 raw egg, engages the container 1 so that the discharge openin s 5, Gare covered and is then lifted out o the container in orderto n the modification shown in Fig. 5 the funnel 8 is provided with a breaking ledgelO and ahandle 11 which at 12 is articulated to the bearings?) of the handle 2 of the container 1 so'that t e funnel 8, by slightly depressing the handle'll, can be swun out of the com tainer 1, as indicated by Fig. 5.

' Application-fi1edNovember 10, 1928, Serial No. 818,561, andln Germany March 18, 1927.

said container and covering its discharge charging the white of the egg from the contions of the approximately vertical and ap-- encloses the white of the egg. The.

and the ledge 10 for breaking the shell of the 'septarate the white of the egg from the yolk.

The modification shown in Figs. 1 to 4 functions as follows: The shell of the raw egg is carefully broken by the ledge 10, whereupon both the white of the egg and theyolk drop into the container 1, the discharge open-- ings 5, 6 of which have been previously'covered by the funnel 8, asshown in Fig. 2. Both the white of the'egg and the yolk float within the container 1, the yolk resting on the curved bottom 7. Should the egg be found to be bad, it can be thrown out of the container 1 covered by the funnel 8 without a separation having been effected. On the other hand, if

the egg is good, the white of it is separated from the yolk by lifting: the funnel 8' by 5 means of its handle 9 out of the container 1, because the removal of the funnel 8 releases the openings 5, 6 for the discharge of; the white ofthe egg while the yolk remains on the curved bottom 7 of thecontainer 1. The egg yolk can be removed without any damage after the .discharge openings 5, 6 have been covered again by the funnel 8.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the process of separation is the same as described above, with the difference, however, that the depressing its handle 11, whlch is artic lated at 12 to the bearing 13 of the handle 2 of the container 1, and then swun back again into its initial 'position by releasing the handle 11.

We claim 1. Egg separator comprisin a conical coli- 35 tainer having a number of discharge openings and a handled conical funnel en aging the said container. and being adapte to be lifted therefrom.

' 2. Egg "separatorcomprising aeonical container having a number of dischar e openingsand a handled and articulate conical funnel engaging the said container and being adapted to be swung therefrom by a depres-' sion of its handle.

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures. a

' HEINRICH KRAMER.

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